Photoelicitation: A useful tool to investigate management of the vulnerability of homeless women
| Autor: | Cristina Oter-Quintana, María Teresa Alcolea-Cosín, Teresa González-Gil, Ángel Martín-García |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Applied psychology Control (management) Vulnerability Vulnerable Populations Grounded theory Task (project management) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Photography Humans Women 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Narration Data collection 030504 nursing Data Collection Gender studies General Medicine Art Vulnerability management Ill-Housed Persons Female 0305 other medical science Meaning (linguistics) |
| Zdroj: | Enfermería Clínica (English Edition). 27:308-313 |
| ISSN: | 2445-1479 |
| Popis: | Aims The proposal of the manuscript is to provide a methodological reflection on the use of photo-elicitation as a data gathering strategy to explore vulnerability management among homeless women. Methods A grounded theory study was carried out. Photoelicitation was one of the data gathering techniques used between February 2015 and February 2017. Five women were selected through intentional sampling. All of them were over 18 years old and residents in 4 shelters within the Madrid Care for the Homeless network. Participants used disposable cameras or mobile phones to record their experiences living in the shelters or on the street through photographs. An interview was conducted with each participant in order to explore the meaning of the photos after they were developed. Data analysis comprised, firstly, describing the obvious content of the photos and, secondly, comparing it with the latent content provided by participants during the interviews. Results Only 3 women finished the task. Through data analysis some theoretical proposals were discovered, which contributed to a deeper knowledge of some previously established categories and subcategories such as: “The good professionals”, “The safe places in the street” and “The threats in the street”. Conclusions Photo-elicitation enabled an approach to participants’ experiences with minimal imposition, allowing them much of the control over the data production. However, it is a demanding technique that requires deep reflection before its implementation, on the part of both participants and researchers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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